More thunderstorms this year? (Pocatello, Ammon: home, live, shop)

[pw72]

I will admit this is only my 3rd summer in East Idaho, but it seems there have been more thunderstorms this late spring than in the previous two. Is this normal, or out of the ordinary? (I kind of like 'em, always like it when the atmosphere lights up!)

[cleosmom]

I'm thinking the thunderstorms we're getting are showing this to be a "normal" year, at least for what I can remember when moving here.

I can recall going to watch my nephews play baseball and more than once the game was delayed if not called due to the weather.

Last night's was incredible, we'd been inside Bed, Bath and Beyond and walked out and were totally surprised

[pw72]

And tonight (saturday 6/6) it has been raining all day in Pocatello, and continues to be a steady rain into the late evening. In June, no less. Not usual, at all.
The weather pattern seems to be quite messed up this late spring. (my relatives in Seattle tell me it has been hot and dry up there recently!)

[shades_of_idaho]

For us here in Midvale it seems to always rain thunder lightening this weekend. I notice because they were having Hells Canyon days in Cambridge. I can think of maybe two or three out of 15 it did NOT have a thunderstorm during the celebration. They talk of the HEAT causing them. Myself I am so glad for the rain. Makes pulling the hip deep weeds easier. Sigh. It is pouring down rain here right now but I had enough breaks today in the weather to work several hours in the yard. I have to get a handle on this brand new yard before it beats me into the ground. Course then I would not care. Hehehehe Chris

[pw72]

And yet another day of pretty much nonstop rain in Poky today. I feel like I'm back in my native Seattle. I do see a patch of blue this evening. Maybe we are getting out of this crud.

[breer23]

Pretty much the same in Ammon/IF. I joked that if it gets much colder, it might snow...the temp at 9 p.m. is 49 (45 wind chill), so I think we're in the clear!

[cleosmom]

Originally Posted by breer23

Pretty much the same in Ammon/IF. I joked that if it gets much colder, it might snow...the temp at 9 p.m. is 49 (45 wind chill), so I think we're in the clear!

Don't put that in stone just yet. Last day of snow last year for IF/Ammon was June 11.

[breer23]

LOL - when I said "no snow" I only meant for Sun. night! I keep hearing that it in fact snowed one year on the 4th of July.

The storms have been nice so far - similar to monsoon season in AZ - but I must admit I am spoiled when it comes to thunderstorms. I grew up in the middle of midwestern farm country and also lived along the Gulf coast for a few years; there are storms (non-tornadic) that were simply, in a word, awesome.

[cleosmom]

Okay Breer, then I take that back, I thought you were thinking we might actually be done with it

Now, hate to say it, but myself I am tired of these storms. It rained this morning and then nothing for most of the day; so there I was thinking close shop at 6, zoom home and mow the front. Oh no, major thunder boomer rips through at 5 o'clock

[Lacerta]

I've personally missed the late spring / early summer thunderstorms. We used to get them more often, just lately we seem to have had a shortage.

I wish we had good thunderstorms here, but we just get little hiccups. Its the one thing about the weather I would like to change. I like thunderstorms, we don't get enough, and when we do get them, they are pretty weak.